Made by *B*

Today’s Ways to Use It challenge was to use fabric on a card. i have NO fabric-I am an awful seamstress/sewer. I am pretty sure Camden could sew better than I could. Therefore I have zippy stash of fabric or fabric scraps so i had to improvise and did a “faux fabric” flower.

The main flower is the rose from Fifth Avenue Floral. I stamped it in black craft ink 3 times in different shades of yellow (banana, saffron, and apricot) and embossed it in clear (this made it easier to cut out). Then I cout it out in sections. Each piece was wet and crumpled and shaped a bit before I dried it with my heat gun. I added some shading to the flower with a Pixi Pink dauber and reassmebled using dimensionals.

The background piece is glossy paper. I used alcohol and reinkers to dab the side of my texture plate (it remonded me of quilted pieces so i thought it went with the faux fabric theme I was going for!) I ran the glossy piece through the Big Shot to get a textured background, and once it was dry I used my sanding block first going vertically across the paper and then horizontally to give a faux linen look to the piece.

I added some black along the edge to allow the flower to stand out more and picked BRIGHT colors since the focal images were more muted. I had the pieces cut from unused Stamp Club projects and I think they worked together well even though i would not have ordinarily put them together.

Thanks for looking at my “faux” card!

Oh-I am also including a picture of my helper. She hangs out with me and has her own little owrk table in my craft room. Her work generally consists of coloring or “cut Momma!”and she also likes to dauber. My mini crafter!

Today’s color challenge was to use Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, and Perfect Plum together-what a wonderful spring combination!

This quick card once again uses my new Branch Out set and the part that took the longest was tying the bow! The Tree itself is stamped in Choc. Chip ink and I added the leaves with Kiwi Kiss. The little butterflies are stamped in Pink Pirouette, and the little birdhouse in perfect Plum. The small saying in the bottom is from “Love You Much” in Perfect Plum as well.

I was able to pull out my Pretties kit for today’s “Embellish It” challenge.  The stamping itself is pretty straight forward, but the add-ons add some oomph!

The white image is stamped all over in Almost Amethyst with the small flower from Fifth Avenue Floral to create a subtle background. I stamped the sentiment in black from the same set in the lower corner.

The ribbons (eggplant and cream) were criss-crossed through a piece of hardware from the Hodge Podge kit and a small pearl from the Pretties kit was added with a glue dot to brighten it up a bit.

The main focal point is the big textured butterfly. I cut the butterfly out using my Big Shot and the new SU! Butterflies die. This is the largets butterfly you can cut out using that die, and as you can see it takes up a good portion of a standard cardfront. I then ran it through the texture die and sponged black and eggplant over it to bring out the pattern.

The circle is a large piece of chipboard that was pushed into Eggplant craft ink and embossed with irridescent ice ep to add some sparkle. I used a hat pin from the Pretties kit and pearls and crystals that come in the kit-love the way those white pearls shine!

What a happy card-and made with scraps! I was not sure if I should have trimmed the main layer since it would not totally”layer” on the Lilac, but I decided I liked that it was not too perfectly matted, and it allowed me to add in the ribbon along the bottom.

Colors used were: Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise, Lovely Lilac,  Pink Passion, and Real Red. The background circles were cut out with my 1 1/4″ circle punch and I layered small stars and red brads on them. The only stamping was “party hearty” from the st by that name.

Have a great day!

I just realized I have been bird crazy recently!! I think it is because I am really enjoying the Branch Out and Bird on a Branch sets from the new catalog and they seem to lend themselves to so many colors and styles.

This card is a bit more vintage and I pulled out some retired ribbons to add different textures.  It is made for the Mojo Monday sketch and I was pretty happy with the end result.

 The card base is Baja Breeze layered with Chocolate Chip. The striped paper is from the new SU! textured paper called Parisian Breeze-it really is so nice to work with! If you look closely you can FAINTLY see a diamond texture on the stripes. I ran the designer paper through my Big Shot with the diamond texture plate and sanded it. Since the base color is white it adds a super subtle texture!

The main images are the branches from Bird on a Branch stamped in Choc. Chip ink and the bird and flowers stamped in Baja Breeze. I did not stamp the 2 layered panels at the same time, but when I went to adhere it I realized the branch patterns matched up really well-Happy accident!

The horizontal ribbon is from the old SU! “Flirty” ribbon pack. I only have that blue velevet left from it and it seemed like a perfect match with this card. The button is a clear SU! button I sanded down on the back side to add so it was not totally clear and I added a knot of Chocolate satin ribbon (this is my fave SU! ribbon of all time!) with a mini  glue dot. In the back is a punch made using the Boho Blossoms punch out of some textured Parisian Breeze scrap I had on my stamp desk.

The scallops are made using the SU! scallop punch and punched in Baja Breeze and Choc Chip, layered onto Choc. Chip and the main bird is on white paper and punched out using the 1 1/4″ punch.

The scallop layer that goes horizontally across is from the holiday dsp called “Ski Slope” which has beautiful reds, blues, and browns in it.

Thansk for looking!

I read today’s challenge on SCS to create a recessed window, but my computer was not coming on and I was checking everything on my iTouch (I love that thing!). I could not get the attachment to open, so I just looked at the sample and made mine. Once my computer was working I realized I had done it ALL WRONG, LOL!

Oh well-I still like the sample I made, and I had fun with the blues and browns together!

This sample uses the set Bird on a Branch. I first stamped the Bird in Pacific Point blue on white cardstock, and added in the branches. The Baja Breeze and Pacific Point layer were stamped with flowers from that set and I layered them together and punched a hole through both using my 1 3/4″ hole punch-love how BIG that punch is!

All of the layers were popped up on dimensionals, and then the white layer was put behind it. After adding the choc chip sentiment (from Upsy Daisy) and the Chocolate wide ribbon I added a small touch of brown to the top of the card with my photo corners punch.

Thanks for looking!